Perceptions for People With Disabilities

Friday, 20 June 2008 13:34 - Urban Justice Center

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:34:00 +0100

Description:
The Urban Justice Center was founded with two primary goals - to make legal services easily accessible to people living on the streets and in poverty, and to make social advocacy and law reform efforts directly responsive to the daily struggles of those individuals. We have developed a unique model to achieve both these ends. We do outreach legal work in various communities, and then use what we learn from that work to fuel our broader advocacy efforts. All of our projects rely on this model, or make similar efforts to unite individual stories into a collective voice for social change. We are home to 9 projects that operate independently, but share the agency's infrastructure, as well as a common commitment to finding innovative solutions to the problems of poor and vulnerable people. Impact and class action litigation are among the most powerful tools available for challenging social injustice. Through litigation, we have addressed systemic problems relating to foster care, conditions in homeless shelters, minimum wage violations, services for the mentally ill, and a host of other issues that relate to the poorest and most marginalized among us. While we litigate to effect broad social change, we rely on the firsthand insights we gain from our legal clinics and community outreach to ensure that our law reform efforts are pragmatic and responsive to the needs of the communities we serve. In addition, we compile handbooks and resource guides designed to help clients help themselves, as well as training manuals and other materials to educate and assist service providers and other advocates.

Address:
666 Broadway
10th Floor
New York, NY 10012-2317

Phone:
(646) 602-5600

Fax:
(212) 533-4598

Email:
info@urbanjustice.org

Website:
www.urbanjustice.org

Friday, 20 June 2008 13:27 - United States Senator

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:27:59 +0100

Description:
Hillary Rodham Clinton was elected United States Senator from New York on November 7, 2000. She is the only First Lady ever elected to the United States Senate. Now midway through her six-year term, Senator Clinton has proven to be a strong advocate for New York, working in a bipartisan way to pass legislation, secure millions in appropriations and draw attention to issues that matter to people throughout New York State. Senator Clinton serves on the Senate Committees for Environment and Public Works; Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; and is the first New York Senator to serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Address:
780 Third Avenue
Suite 2601 (New York City Office)
New York, NY 10017

Phone:
(202)224-6821 - (TTY) Washington, DC
(212) 688-6262 - (Voice) New York City Office
(202) 224-4451 - (Voice) Washington, D.C. Office

Fax:
(212) 688-7444 - New York City Office
(202) 228-0282 - General Washington, D.C. Office
(202) 228-0121 - Scheduling Requests

Friday, 20 June 2008 08:51 - New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc.

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:51:10 +0100

Description:
Offers a Disability Law Clinic. New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) is a not-for-profit legal office. NYLPI finds unique ways to tackle the problems facing low-income and underrepresented people throughout New York City using two distinct approaches: (1) Our pro bono Clearinghouse works with New York's most prestigious law firms and corporate legal departments to provide free legal assistance for eligible low-income individuals and community groups & (2) NYLPI's staff provide direct legal representation, advocacy, and organizing assistance to low-income New Yorkers in three areas: disability rights, environmental justice, and access to health care.

Address:
151 W 30th St
11th Floor
New York, NY 10001-4007

Phone:
(212) 244-3692 - (TTY)
(212) 244-4664 - (Voice)

Fax:
(212) 244-4570

Email:
info@nylpi.org

Website:
www.nylpi.org

Friday, 20 June 2008 08:45 - The NAD Law Center National Association of the Deaf (NAD)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0100

Description:
The NAD Law Center is available as a legal resource. Although we can accept only a few discrimination cases at a time, we spend a lot of time talking to other lawyers, explaining to them legal aspects of deafness, and representation of deaf clients. Contact us about legal issues and deafness any time and ask your lawyers to contact us for special expertise.

The NAD, as a national federation of state association and organizational affiliates, offers civil rights advocacy, grassroots and youth leadership development, and legal expertise across a broad spectrum of areas including but not limited to accessibility, education, employment, healthcare, mental health, rehabilitation, technology, telecommunications, and transportation.

Specific services include public information and dissemination; information and referral services; technical assistance, training seminars; national and regional conferences; legal and public policy analysis, guidance and research; and litigation consultation services. Such services are both directly and indirectly provided to the volunteer officers and membership of state association and organizational affiliates, both via electronic mail as well as in person (i.e., consultation, seminars, and conferences).

The NAD website also disseminates a wealth of advocacy information and resources that is accessed by both individual and affiliate members, as well as by members of the general public.

Address:
814 Thayer Ave Silver
Spring, MD 20910-4500

Phone:
(301) 587-1789 - (TTY)
(301) 587-7730 - (TTY)
(301) 587-7730 - (Voice)
(301) 587-1788 - (Voice)

Fax:
(301) 587-1791

Email:
NADInfo@nad.org

Website:
www.nad.org

Friday, 20 June 2008 08:41 - Federal Dept of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:41:53 +0100

Description:
Investigates complaints related to discrimination on basis of disability among other things. The office handles complaints related to: hospitals, Medicaid & Medicare, Physicians and other health care professionals in private practice with patients assisted by Medicaid, Family Health Centers, Community Mental Health Centers, Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers, Nursing Homes, State agencies that are responsible for administering health care, Foster Care Homes, Day Care Centers, Senior Citizen Centers, Nutrition Programs, & State and local income assistance and human service agencies.

Address:
Department of Health and Human Services200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Room 509F, HHH Building
Washington, D.C. 20201

Phone:
(212) 264-4994 - Lisa Anderson
(800) 537-7697 - (TTY)
(800) 368-1019 - (Voice)

Email:
lisa.anderson@hhs.gov - LisaAnderson
OCRMail@hhs.gov - General

Website:
www.hhs.gov/ocr/knowcivilrights.html

Friday, 20 June 2008 08:38 - Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:38:27 +0100

Description:
The Disability Rights Section (DRS) is part of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. DRS focuses on all disabilities and is especially knowledgeable about the interpretation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The organization offers a information line for all inquiries and assistance to state and local government entities, private sector business professionals, and the general public. Professional and consumer newsletter/bulletin, fact sheets, brochures/pamphlets, and online publications are available. Some materials in Spanish and other languages are available.

Address:
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Disability Rights Section
New York Avenue
Washington, DC, 20530

Phone:
(800) 514-0383 - (TTY)
(800) 514-0301 - (Voice)

Fax:
(202) 514-0404

Email:
access@fcc.gov

Website:
www.ada.gov

Friday, 20 June 2008 08:34 - Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:34:58 +0100

Description:
The mission is to secure and advance the civil rights of people with disabilities. The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc., (DREDF) is the leading national law and policy center in disability civil rights. DREDF was founded in 1979 by a unique alliance of adults with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities. DREDF's name was chosen to associate and align with the tradition of other civil rights legal defense funds, starting with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. DREDF offers education, training and technical assistance to persons with disabilities, parents of children with disabilities, lawyers, service providers and policy makers about disability civil rights laws and policies.

Address:
2212 Sixth Street Main Office
Berkeley, CA 94710

Government Affairs Washington, D.C. Office
1730 M Street N.W., Suite 801
Washington, DC 20036

Phone:
(510)644.2555 - (TTY/Voice) – Main Office
(202) 986-0375 - Washington, D.C.

Fax:
(510)841-8645
(202)833-2116

Email:
dredf@dredf.org

Website:
www.dredf.org

Friday, 20 June 2008 08:33 - ADA Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:33:17 +0100

Description:
The ADA Technical Assistance Program is a federally funded network of grantees that provides information, training, and technical assistance to businesses and agencies with duties and responsibilities under the ADA and to people with disabilities with rights under the ADA.

Phone:
(800) 949-4232

Website:
www.adata.org